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I really need an open alternative -- sonos speakers run linux under the hood (AFAIK), and I would be surprised if there is not a RPi powered project somewhere.

I really need an open alternative -- sonos speakers run linux under the hood (AFAIK), and I would be surprised if there is not a RPi powered project somewhere. The speaker hardware is perhaps the hard part.

eddieroger 6y ago
I agree there should be a compute platform somewhere to do this, but having listened to (and owning one) a few Sonos products, I think the technology is the less interesting part of the deal. Their speakers sound really good, and seem to make my sources sound really good in a really easy to use package. I have their AirPlay 2 compatible soundbar, and it works so well when hooked up to my TV as the input, and seamlessly can then receive AirPlay from my devices and fill a room. If there is an open source equivalent, or plans to make one, I would love to see it paired with really amazing sound producing hardware.
- chromatin 6y ago
  Agree -- I have two old Play:1 synced in a L-R stereo pair which sounds fantastic.
monocasa 6y ago
SnapCast is what I've been looking at in that space. https://github.com/badaix/snapcast https://github.com/badaix/snapcast
- gchucky 6y ago
  I run Snapcast across my house connected to MPD running on a local Linux box, and have been pretty happy with it. I've had to do very little maintenance to keep things running. The main thing I haven't been able to figure out is how to have multiple Snapcast streams and control which room listens to what. I don't actually think it's possible to do.. (though I could be wrong?)
  - badaix 6y ago
    Input streams are configured once on the server. You can group clients together and assign a stream to a group. This can be done either with Snapdroid https://github.com/badaix/snapdroid https://github.com/badaix/snapdroid or with Snapweb (is shipped with the Snapcast server since version 0.21) https://github.com/badaix/snapweb https://github.com/badaix/snapweb or with any other control client from the community
mnd999 6y ago
Logitech Media Server / Squeezelight on some Pis (or whatever) should do it. It’s pretty old skool now but it works just fine. Has plugins for airplay and whatever android does as well.
- contravariant 6y ago
  It's a bit annoying that Logitech killed the squeezebox, which made it somewhat more accessible, but I believe that thanks to that the code is open source now, so there's that.
thelastknowngod 6y ago
Arylic boards https://www.arylic.com/collections/diy-audio https://www.arylic.com/collections/diy-audio

eddieroger 6y ago

I agree there should be a compute platform somewhere to do this, but having listened to (and owning one) a few Sonos products, I think the technology is the less interesting part of the deal. Their speakers sound really good, and seem to make my sources sound really good in a really easy to use package. I have their AirPlay 2 compatible soundbar, and it works so well when hooked up to my TV as the input, and seamlessly can then receive AirPlay from my devices and fill a room. If there is an open source equivalent, or plans to make one, I would love to see it paired with really amazing sound producing hardware.

chromatin 6y ago
Agree -- I have two old Play:1 synced in a L-R stereo pair which sounds fantastic.

monocasa 6y ago

SnapCast is what I've been looking at in that space. https://github.com/badaix/snapcast https://github.com/badaix/snapcast

gchucky 6y ago
I run Snapcast across my house connected to MPD running on a local Linux box, and have been pretty happy with it. I've had to do very little maintenance to keep things running. The main thing I haven't been able to figure out is how to have multiple Snapcast streams and control which room listens to what. I don't actually think it's possible to do.. (though I could be wrong?)
- badaix 6y ago
  Input streams are configured once on the server. You can group clients together and assign a stream to a group. This can be done either with Snapdroid https://github.com/badaix/snapdroid https://github.com/badaix/snapdroid or with Snapweb (is shipped with the Snapcast server since version 0.21) https://github.com/badaix/snapweb https://github.com/badaix/snapweb or with any other control client from the community

mnd999 6y ago

Logitech Media Server / Squeezelight on some Pis (or whatever) should do it. It’s pretty old skool now but it works just fine. Has plugins for airplay and whatever android does as well.

contravariant 6y ago
It's a bit annoying that Logitech killed the squeezebox, which made it somewhat more accessible, but I believe that thanks to that the code is open source now, so there's that.

thelastknowngod 6y ago

Arylic boards https://www.arylic.com/collections/diy-audio https://www.arylic.com/collections/diy-audio